A Police Services Act hearing probing the role of two Windsor police officers in the investigation following a high-profile police brutality case adjourned early Wednesday while the lawyers wait for documents.

Zufelt interviewed Staff Sgt. Paul Bridgeman and Det. Kent McMillan, the two accused officers, in March of 2011 after Dr. Tyceer Abouhassan filed a complaint to the OIPRD alleging their investigation of an altercation between him and former detective David Van Buskirk had been conducted in bad faith.

McKay took issue with the fact the notes from Zufelt’s investigation provided to him by the prosecutor were partially redacted copies that appeared to be missing some relevant information. Hearing officer Richard Finn adjourned the hearing for the day while the prosecutor waited for a courier to deliver Zufelt’s original notes from Toronto.

McMillan faces charges of discreditable conduct and deceit and Bridgeman faces charges of discreditable conduct and neglect of duty. The officers pleaded not guilty on all counts at the first day of the hearing Monday.

Van Buskirk resigned from the force and was sentenced to five months in jail for assault causing bodily harm plus a concurrent 30-day sentence for public mischief after he mistook Abouhassan for a man who had approached his young daughter and severely beat him, leaving him with a concussion, a broken nose and a detached retina.

Police initially charged Abouhassan with assaulting a police officer, but the Crown stayed that charge. On Monday, Abouhassan told the hearing he believes police would have dismissed the charges against him if they had investigated the altercation with the goal of finding the truth and serving justice rather than protecting their colleague.

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